Diary of a Rubbish Marathon Runner

It is one feature of my training that I don't do much speed work. I have been told quite a few times that I would be a faster runner if ...

The last couple of days I've been increasing the mileage but always kept the effort very easy. It all worked very well, I am feeling goo...

Andrew, me, Don and Liam after lap 1 Photo by Paul Kiely . Jeez, I really am getting old confused. I was convinced today was Wednesday...

The alarm went off at 4:50 am. I had my breakfast and just before 5:30 left to drive across the country to drive towards county Kildare. It ...

As all runners know only too well, we are quite susceptible to injury. Every runner has plenty of stories to tell. I have been lucky enough ...

I guess I managed to carry a bit of luck from last week over to this one. I was cycling past the primary school just as at least a dozen par...

I’m starting to think Eurhythmics songs just be banned in Ireland. Too depressing. Nevertheless, I’ve started a new training phase. I...

The last few days were like a whirlwind. Every day would bring totally unexpected but very welcome good news. I received an email on Wedne...

There as something strange going on with my body. On Sunday the weighing scales reported 147.6 pounds. Nice. 24 hours later, and after a pe...

The legs felt distinctly heavy during the first mile of Thursday's run, a sign that the fartlek workout had left its mark. However they ...

I've had troubles with my Garmin yet again, but this time I think I finally figured out what's causing the problem (hint: don't ...

There were two birthday parties, two swimming lessons, one stage school and one Tae-Kwon-Do workshop; obviously that is on top of the usual ...

I've definitely got a case of the ouchies this week (see picture from Sunday's post), though funnily enough it's at its best wh...

Friday was obviously an easy run, that was never in question after Thursday's evaluation. It was Saturday's run that had me wonderin...

I was pretty please with myself that I had managed a daily run despite the rather challenging weather conditions over the last 3 weeks. Sadl...

I could have gotten used to it. All I had to do was to sleep until I woke naturally (which was still hours before anyone else in the house),...

When I started my run on Sunday, I immediately noticed that the legs were rather sluggish. This did not come as a great surprise, having ru...

2013 had started in rather spectacular fashion on New Year's Day by breaking 18 minutes for the 5k for the first time ever. While I don...

It's been a stormy few days, but so far I have managed to get a run in every day. Sunday was reasonably okay, but I preferred the some...

Make no mistake, I am not complaining about the weather. We had a great summer followed by a nice autumn and we have had nothing to moan abo...